The Free Slave
1972 live album by Roy Brooks
The Free Slave | ||||
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Live album by Roy Brooks | ||||
Released | 1972 | |||
Recorded | April 26, 1970 Left Bank Jazz Society, Baltimore, Maryland | |||
Genre | Hard bop, soul jazz, post-bop | |||
Length | 46:02 | |||
Label | Muse MR 5003 | |||
Producer | Roy Brooks | |||
Roy Brooks chronology | ||||
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The Free Slave is a live album by drummer Roy Brooks recorded in 1970 and released on the Muse label in 1972.[1][2] It was the third album released on the label.
Reception
The Free Slave, according to Jim Dulzo in JazzTimes in 2003, "catches a live 1970 set with a band of stellar hard boppers that includes a very young Woody Shaw, plus George Coleman, Hugh Lawson and Cecil McBee. McBee and Brooks lay down a funky, intelligent groove and the band burns brightly through four extended tunes."[3]
Track listing
All compositions by Roy Brooks except as indicated
- "The Free Slave" - 12:18
- "Understanding" - 10:57
- "Will Pan's Walk" (Cecil McBee) - 9:07
- "Five for Max" - 13:40
Personnel
- Roy Brooks - drums
- Woody Shaw - trumpet
- George Coleman - tenor saxophone
- Hugh Lawson - piano
- Cecil McBee - bass
References
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Years given are for the recording(s), not first release.
or co-leader
- In the Beginning (1965)
- Blackstone Legacy (1970)
- Song of Songs (1972)
- The Moontrane (1974)
- San Francisco Express – Getting It Together (1975)
- Love Dance (1975)
- Little Red's Fantasy (1976)
- Woody Plays Woody (1976–77)
- The Woody Shaw Concert Ensemble at the Berliner Jazztage (1976)
- Rosewood (1977)
- The Iron Men (with Anthony Braxton, 1977)
- Stepping Stones: Live at the Village Vanguard (1978)
- Woody III (1978–79)
- For Sure! (1979)
- United (1981)
- Lotus Flower (1982)
- Master of the Art (1982)
- Night Music (1982)
- Setting Standards (1983)
- The Time Is Right (1983)
- Double Take (and Freddie Hubbard, 1985)
- Woody Shaw with the Tone Jansa Quartet (1985)
- Dr. Chi (1986)
- Bemsha Swing (1986)
- Solid (1986)
- Imagination (1987)
- In My Own Sweet Way (1987)
- The Eternal Triangle (with Freddie Hubbard, 1987)
- Home! (Gary Bartz, 1969)
- Coral Keys (Walter Bishop Jr., 1971)
- Child's Dance (Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, 1972)
- Buhaina (Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, 1973)
- Anthenagin (Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers, 1973)
- The Free Slave (Roy Brooks, 1970)
- Duet in Detroit (Roy Brooks, 1983)
- The Almoravid (Joe Chambers, 1971)
- Tones for Joan's Bones (Chick Corea, 1966)
- The Complete "Is" Sessions (Chick Corea, 1969)
- Brilliant Circles (Stanley Cowell, 1969)
- Conversations (Eric Dolphy, 1963)
- Iron Man (Eric Dolphy, 1963)
- Tex Book Tenor/Back from the Gig (Booker Ervin, 1968)
- Ichi-Ban (Louis Hayes and Junior Cook, 1976)
- The Real Thing (Louis Hayes, 1977)
- If You're Not Part of the Solution, You're Part of the Problem (Joe Henderson, 1970)
- Joe Henderson Quintet at the Lighthouse (1970)
- Grass Roots (Andrew Hill, 1968)
- Lift Every Voice (Andrew Hill, 1969–70)
- Passing Ships (Andrew Hill, 1969)
- Bobby Hutcherson Live at Montreux (1973)
- Cirrus (Bobby Hutcherson, 1974)
- Bridge into the New Age (Azar Lawrence, 1974)
- 'Bout Soul (Jackie McLean, 1967)
- Demon's Dance (Jackie McLean, 1967)
- Reach Out! (Hank Mobley, 1968)
- Thinking of Home (Hank Mobley, 1970)
- Deaf Dumb Blind (Summun Bukmun Umyun) (Pharoah Sanders, 1970)
- The Cape Verdean Blues (Horace Silver, 1965)
- The Jody Grind (Horace Silver, 1966)
- Natural Soul (Buddy Terry, 1967)
- Pure Dynamite (Buddy Terry, 1972)
- Expansions (McCoy Tyner, 1968)
- The Git Go – Live at the Village Vanguard (Mal Waldron, 1986)
- The Seagulls of Kristiansund (Mal Waldron, 1986)
- Natural Essence (Tyrone Washington, 1967)
- Unity (Larry Young, 1965)
- Zawinul (Joe Zawinul, 1970)